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[Jim Yost]

That is an awesome story. 

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Jim

> On Sep 21, 2016, at 7:42 PM, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
> 
> Perhaps Charlie, but with the eagles you NEVER see or hear it coming (or going)!
>    Dave
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2016, at 6:08 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I've seen the war bird show at Oshkosh.  If it was better than that
>> it had to be something.  I've never seen a golden eagle in the wild.
>> We have bald's here.   One thing those war birds have over the golden
>> eagle show is the sound of those powerful engines.
>> 
>> Charlie
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>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Mike M
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 4:01 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] From another list
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>> Holy crap is that a cool story! What a once in a lifetime experience!
>> 
>> Mike M
>> 
>> 
>>> On 9/21/2016 2:41 PM, tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>> Tractor related.  I suspect non Antique.
>>> 
>>> This came from a gentleman who runs a 2,000-acre corn farm up around 
>>> Barron, WI, not far from Oshkosh.   He used to fly F-4Es and F-16s for the 
>>> Guard and participated in the first Gulf War.His story:I went out to plant 
>>> corn for a bit, to finish a field before tomorrow morning and witnessed 
>>> 'The Great Battle'.    A golden eagle -- big, with about a six-foot 
>>> wingspan - flew right in front of the tractor.  It was being chased by 
>>> three crows that were continually dive bombing it and pecking at it.  The 
>>> crows do this because the eagles rob their nests when they find them.At 
>>> any rate, the eagle banked hard right in one evasive maneuver, then landed 
>>> in the field about 100 feet from the tractor.  This eagle stood about 3 
>>> feet tall.  The crows all landed too and took up positions around the 
>>> eagle at 120 degrees apart, but kept their distance at about 20 feet from 
>>> the big bird.  The eagle would take a couple steps towards one of the 
>>> crows and they'd hop backwards and forward to keep!
>> their distance.   Then the reinforcement showed up.  I happened to spot 
>> the eagle's mate hurtling down out of the sky at what appeared to be 
>> approximately Mach 1.5.  Just before impact, the eagle on the ground took 
>> flight, (obviously a coordinated tactic; probably pre-briefed) and the three 
>> crows that were watching the grounded eagle also took flight -- thinking 
>> they were going to get in some more pecking on the big bird.The first crow 
>> being targeted by the diving eagle never stood a snowball's chance in hell. 
>> There was a mid-air explosion of black feathers, and that crow was done.The 
>> diving eagle then banked hard left in what had to be a 9G climbing turn, 
>> using the energy it had accumulated in the dive, and hit crow #2 less than 
>> two seconds later.  Another crow dead.The grounded eagle, which was now 
>> airborne and had an altitude advantage on the remaining crow that was 
>> streaking eastward in full burner, made a short dive, then banked hard right 
>> when the escaping crow trie!
>> d to evade the hit.  It didn't work -  crow #3 bit the dust at about 20 feet 
>> AGL.  This aerial battle was better than any air show I've been to, 
>> including the War Birds show at Oshkosh.  The two eagles ripped the crows 
>> apart, and ate them on the ground; and, as I got closer and closer working 
>> my way across the field, I passed within 20 feet of one of them as it ate 
>> its catch.  It stopped and looked at me as I went by, and you could see in 
>> the look of that bird that it knew who's Boss of the Sky.  What a beautiful 
>> bird!I loved it.  Not only did they kill their enemy, they ate them.  One of 
>> the best Fighter Pilot stories I've seen in a long time.
>>> 
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